Hyderabad: Doc fires at doc over hospital management

Financial problems in running a private hospital caused a rift between two doctors and led to one of them opening fire at the other in a bustling Himayatnagar bylane on Monday.TNN | February 09, 2016, 01:13 IST

Hyderabad: Financial problems in running a private hospital caused a rift between two doctors and led to one of them opening fire at the other in a bustling Himayatnagar bylane on Monday. The bullet pierced through the victim, Dr Uday Kumar's, head just above the left ear. Kumar suffered a serious injury and his condition is reported to be critical.

Uday Kumar, 47, an anaesthetist from Kondapur, and Dr P Shashi Kumar, 51, a general surgeon from Chaitanyapuri, along with another doctor, Sai Kumar, 48, an anaesthetist from Madhapur, had started Laurel Hospital in Madhapur on January 1, 2016.

On Monday evening, the trio planned to discuss their financial problems over lunch at Minerva restaurant in Himayatnagar, police said. As the eatery was crowded, they left the place at 3.30 pm and got into Uday's Volkswagen Passat. Uday parked his car near Raja Residency Apartment on Street Number 6, opposite to KFC, to discuss the matter.

"During the discussion, Shashi, who was sitting in the rear seat, pulled out his licensed revolver and shot at Uday who was at the wheel.

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